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Apple meringue express

A spoonful of crunchy meringue, smooth and slightly tangy applesauce, nuts coated in maple caramel, and finally crumbly Digestive cookies. The assembly of this dessert takes minutes and the preparation can be scheduled over a couple of days. Digestive cookies are great  but Graham crackers can be substituted or LU cookies or any buttery cookies [...]
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Chocolate bites

Ten minutes. No baking is involved, no eggs, minimal measuring, foolproof. The taste of these bites is similar to the Brazilian brigadeiros, but they are a lot easier to make, since there is no cooking of anything (fudgy). This recipe is adapted from Marlene Mattar’s Ma’edat Marlene; she adds melted white chocolate on top in [...]
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Egyptian bread pudding (Oum Ali)

  On the occasion of Eid Al-Fitr, this is a popular and delicious Egyptian pastry called Oum Ali. Oum is the word for mother in Arabic. It is a Middle-Eastern bread pudding, made with phyllo dough or rakakat pastry sheets. The neighborhood Middle-Eastern store had a few boxes of ROKAK, these pastry sheets imported from [...]
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